Research Catalog

Title

Der Hund in der mitteleuropäischen Eisenzeit : wirtschaftliche, rituelle und soziale Aspekte / Alisa Scheibner.

Author

Scheibner, Alisa,

Publication

Rahden/Westf. : Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH, 2013.

Supplementary Content

• Inhaltsverzeichnis
• Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Details

Description

122 pages, 28, 22 pages of plates, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 30 cm.

Summary

Deliberate killing of dogs is mainly attested at ritual sites. Dog bones in graves are particularly frequent in the Hallstatt Period. The secondary use of dogs as working animals for herding, guarding, and hunting is attested by picture sources. As analogies Antique and Early Medieval written sources also attest the importance of dogs as guardians, attribute of chthonic gods, sacrificial animals, hunting companions, and as a symbol of fertility.

Series Statement

Berliner archäologische Forschungen, 1611-3551 ; Band 12

Uniform Title

Berliner archäologische Forschungen ; Bd. 12.

Alternative Title

Hund in der Eisenzeit

Subjects

• Germany
• Dogs > Poland > History
• Germany > Antiquities
• Vor- und Frühgeschichte 800 v. Chr. - 1 v. Chr
• Hund
• Iron age > Germany
• Mammal remains (Archaeology) > Poland
• Dogs > Religious aspects
• Mammal remains (Archaeology) > Germany
• Eisenzeit
• Dogs > Germany > Religious aspects > History
• History
• Iron age > Poland
• Mitteleuropa
• Dogs > Poland > Religious aspects > History
• Poland > Antiquities
• Dogs > Germany > History
• Antiquities

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Originally presented as the author's thesis (Masterarbeit--Freie Universität Berlin, 2010).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-122).

Language (note)

• Summaries in English and German.

ISBN

• 9783896465221
• 3896465228

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library